Note:SAP HANA 2.0, express edition is officially supported on SLES. SAP Community members have been successful in running SAP HANA, express edition on other Linux operating systems that are not formally supported by SAP, such as Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, and RedHat. SAP is not committing to resolving any issues that may arise from running SAP HANA, express edition on these platforms.

Note:If you plan to use the SAP HANA, express edition Download Manager for Windows or Linux, you need the 64-bit JRE. If you are planning to use the platform-independent Download Manager, you can use either the 32- or 64-bit JRE.

(Intel processors only) For Intel processors, virtualization is a BIOS setting known as either Intel Virtualization Technology or Intel VT. If virtualization is turned off on your virtualization-capable machine, consult documentation from your machine vendor on how to enable virtualization technology (or Intel VT) in the BIOS.

Hypervisors are software products used for creating and running virtual machines. Install a supported hypervisor on your laptop if you don’t have one already. SAP HANA 2.0, express edition has been tested on these hypervisors:

If you don’t have the parent tutorial group open already, click the Install SAP HANA 2.0, express edition on a preconfigured virtual machine tile or the Install SAP HANA 2.0, express edition on a preconfigured virtual machine (with SAP HANA XS Advanced) tile at the bottom of this tutorial.